The Los Angeles Times reports that the health information of 729,000 patients, including their Social Security numbers, may have been exposed when two password-protected but unencrypted laptops were stolen from a gated and video-monitored sixth-floor hospital administration office in Alhambra, Calif. (h/t PHIprivacy.net).

The theft was discovered on October 14, 2013, and the hospital notified Alhambra police. An auditing firm has been hired to perform a security risk assessment, and AHMC says it's now expediting a policy of encrypting all laptops.

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